i am just wondering what major pop culture events happened during these years
What major pop-culture events happened in 1962 and '63?performing arts
Kennedy died in 1963.
February 16
The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK
From Russia with Love--James Bond
The Birds by Hitchcock
Cleopatra movie--the love of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
What major pop-culture events happened in 1962 and '63?binoculars opera theater
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1962:
- Release of first Beatles recording: hit single "Love Me Do"
- Andy Warhol's famous painting of a can of soup
- Beverly Hill Billies %26amp; The Dick Van Dyke show are on TV
Popular Films
- West Side Story, Spartacus, El Cid, Lawrence of Arabia %26amp;
To Kill a Mockingbird
Popular Singers
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, Frankie Valli %26amp; The Four Seasons, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, Shirley Bassey %26amp; Elvis
Events:
- Cuban Missile Crisis when USSR plans to deploy Missiles in Cuba brings the world to the brink of world war.
- Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills
- The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened by by Sam Walton in Bentonville Arkansas
Tech:
- Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
- USAF investigates using lasers to intercept missiles
- 90% of US households own a Television Set
- Britain and France agree to develop the Concorde
- The first use of silicone breast implants by Houston plastic surgeons (WOOOWHOOO!!!)
1963:
Popular Films
- Cleopatra,The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia, Mutiny on the Bounty %26amp; To Kill a Mockingbird
Popular Musicians
The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Jim Reeves %26amp; Elvis
Popular TV Programs
- Coronation Street, The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones, Mister Ed, The Avengers %26amp; The Dick Van Dyke Show
Events:
- President John F Kennedy assassinated
- Lyndon Johnson Becomes President
- Alcatraz closes
- The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England
- First US State Lottery in New Hampshire
- Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech
- Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.
Tech:
- AT%26amp;T introduces touch tone phones
- Zip codes implemented in US
- Lava Lamp
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